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Without AMCA Certification, Air Curtain Specification Is No Sure Thing
discharge nozzle at different planes. The plane locations vary in distance ranging from a nozzle width to one meter increments up to the distance the air curtain is designed for Velocity projection is determined for each plane by taking an average of the measured peak velocities along the discharge nozzle
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What is ESD? (Electrostatic Discharge)
floor and reach for the door handle. That snapping noise accompanied by an uncomfortable sting in the tips of your fingers is the discharge of static electricity. Your body actually built up an electrical potential of several thousand volts which discharged through the air when your fingers got
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Air-Handling With Care
systems and specialized connectors and valves contain potent compounds, thereby minimizing worker exposure. Secondary ways to limit exposure is by using personnel protective equipment such as gowns with breathing air or purified-air powered respirators. The facilities housing potent compound processes
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Avoiding Electrostatic Discharge on the Manufacturing Floor
the air cannot be heard. Yet, the damage is done in an instant, and it takes the shape of two forms. Like the devil we know, catastrophic failure renders the component or circuit card instantly defective. Basic quality/performance tests detect these failures long before product shipment. Under
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Compressed Air Systems: The Secret is in the Pipe
limited to the interconnecting piping from compressor discharge to dryer to header. It also applies to the distribution lines conveying air to production areas and within the equipment found there. Undersized piping restricts the flow and reduces the discharge pressure, thereby robbing the user
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Vacuum and Pressure Handbook: Air Compressors
. As the bellows were. compressed, it expelled air through a small nozzle, thus increasing the pressure inside the. bellows and the velocity of the expelled air. Modern compressors use pistons, vanes, and other pumping mechanisms to draw air. from the atmosphere, compress it, and discharge
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Modular Air Bearings for Motion Control
Bigger Role for Radial Air Bearings As speed and economy become more important in motion applications, air-bearing technologies are getting another look. Founder, Chairman, and Chief Technology Officer * Air bearings are candidates for tasks where high speed, low friction, and low noise
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Making Air Systems Clean & Quiet
around valve spools, cylinder rods and pistons, and air motor and rotary actuator vanes, rotors, and housings. That said, a major drawback to lubricated systems is they discharge oil mist when the air exhausts. And that can bring the unwanted attention of regulatory authorities. The Occupational